Harra es-Sawad

Harra es-Sawad
Shuqra Volcanic Field [1]
Highest point
Elevation	1,737 m (5,699 ft)
Coordinates	13°34′48″N46°07′12″E / 13.5800°N 46.1200°E / 13.5800; 46.1200
Geography
Location	Yemen
Geology
Mountain type	Volcanic Field
Last eruption	1253

Harra es-Sawad, or the "Shuqra Volcanic Field", ^[1] is a large trachybasaltic volcanic field that runs along the Gulf of Aden. Nearby is the city of Shuqrah. ^{[2] [3]}

Morphology

The field stretches for around 100 km (62 miles), contains around 100 volcanic cones, and is orientated on a WSW-ENE line. This has produced a 40 km × 95 km (25 by 59 miles) lava field, which is mostly Holocene in age, and covers faulted basement limestone. Many of the fields cones are young and uneroded. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

History

The only eruption that has been noted in historical times occurred in 1253. This eruption was a large VEI 3 eruption, although it was poorly documented. Given the age of the field, other eruptions may have occurred in the recent past. ^[2]

See also

• Hadhramaut Mountains
• List of volcanoes in Yemen
• Sarat Mountains

References

1. Cox, K. G.; Gass, I. G.; Mallick, D. I. J. (1977-07-15). "Western Part of Shuqra volcanic field, South Yemen". Lithos . 10 (3): 185–192. Bibcode:1977Litho..10..185C. doi:10.1016/0024-4937(77)90046-9.
2. "Harra es- Sawâd". Global Volcanism Program . Smithsonian Institution . Retrieved 2021-06-25.
3. Neumann van Padang, Maur (1963), Catalogue of the active volcanoes and solfatara fields of Arabia and the Indian Ocean, vol. 16, Rome: IAVCEI, pp. 1–64, OCLC   886615186

External links

• Cones of the Volcanic Field Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
• Volcanic Cone Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine